“gyopo” is the korean term referring to persons of korean ethnic descent who have lived the majority of their lives outside korea; “wife” is the english term referring to the female participant in a marriage

July 2, 2009

Silver Street Sign

This is the funniest street sign I have seen in Seoul. We had to scramble for the camera and pull over to the side of the road to snap this picture. Thankfully, we didn’t run over any slow moving elderly in the process.

Konglish for elderly is “silver,” as in silver town and silver channel.

Where is this? That’s hilarious! I like how in Korean it spells out that it’s an “Elderly Protection Zone” AND to “Protect the Elderly” as thought they are fair game everywhere else. To be fair, that’s how I feel when I see similar signs protecting kids in the US.

Not only do they look sweet holding hands (as Kushibo points out), they also look quite dapper in silhoulette. Too bad it’s not color, so we could see the mixture of prints, plaids, and florals. 🙂